PROFESSIONAL OR UNPROFESSIONAL

"I KNOW THAT IF POISON IS IN A VIRAL WHICH SAYS P-O-I-S-O-N AND HAS A SKULL AND THE CROSS BONES, THAT IT IS POISON. BUT IF YOU POUR THE SAME THING INTO BAVARIAN CRYSTAL IT IS STILL POISON?" MAYA ANGELOU



I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT MAYA ANGELOU MEANT BY THAT! WE CANNOT EXCUSE OURSELVES WHEN WE SPEAK AND BEHAVE IN SUCH DEROGATORY MANNERS. OUR GENERATION AND CULTURE HAS CHANGED DRASTICALLY WERE BAD MEANS GOOD AND HATE MEANS LOVE. THE REASON FOR THIS CHANGE IS SIMPLY BECAUSE OUR GENERATION AND CULTURE HAS MADE IT SO EASY.


YES, THERE ARE SEVERAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL REASONS BECAUSE OF THIS BUT THIS CANNOT BE OUR EXCUSE. AS ONE WHO DESIRES TO BECOME PART OF THE SOLUTION BY EDUCATING MYSELF AND OTHERS. WHAT AM I TO DO?


I KNOW I AM NOT TO SPEAK NOR BEHAVE IN SUCH A DEROGATORY WAY BUT WHAT IF I AM USING THAT AS AN EXAMPLE, ANALOGY OR METAPHOR JUST TO ILLUSTRATE TO GIVE MEANING. NOT MEANING TO THE DEROGATORY ACTIONS BUT THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE LESSON I AM TEACHING.


DEALING WITH THE SO MANY PROBLEMS THAT ARE OUR GENERATION IS NOW FACING SHOULD OUR CONCERN BE WITH THE DELIVERY OR THE APPROACH. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE DELIVERY SHOULD NOT BE AN AN EXAMPLE FOR ALL TO APPROACH. BUT ARE WE TRULY ENSURING THAT WE ARE DELIVERING THE IDEA OF EDUCATION TO ALL. THAT IS THE QUESTION I HAVE WITHIN MYSELF. MY CONCERN IS WITH THOSE WHO DEFINE BAD AS MEANING GOOD AND HATE AS MEANING LOVE. I KNOW THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ARE NOT APPROACHED. DO I BELIEVE THIS IS THE ONLY APPROACH? NO! I BELIEVE THAT THIS MAY BE JUST THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND DRAMATIC APPROACH.


POISON IS POISON REGARDLESS OF THE COLORFUL LABEL OR WITH A BOW BUT WE HAVE TO REALIZE THAT MANY OF US HAVE TASTED OR DRANK THIS POISON AND GROWN A LIKEN TO THE TASTE.